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Article 477
 

Withdrawal of writ


Division 1 of this Part and this Division apply to electoral campaign expenses of candidates in an electoral district in which a writ is withdrawn under subsection 59(1) or deemed to be withdrawn under subsection 31(3) of the Parliament of Canada Act, except that in such a case


(a) the election is deemed to have been held on the day on which the writ is withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn; and


(b) each candidate is deemed to have received 10% of the number of the votes that would have been validly cast at that deemed election.


2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 31, s. 304.